Benefits

February 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Oakland, California police officer who was passed over for a promotion after she became pregnant has been awarded $2 million in damages...

February 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2005/2006 MetLife Employee Benefits Trend Study found that, while 34% of all employers (46% of employers with more than 25,000 employees) are...

February 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Chief Executive Officer Lee Scott denounced state bills aimed at mandating employer spending on employee health care, saying governors should...

February 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A report released by ING US Financial Services examines data that shows how human psychology and emotion can cause barriers to adequately preparing...

February 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey documents the changes in types of retirement schemes offered by UK employers.

February 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than one-fourth (28%) of investors say they will not have enough money when they retire to last their lifetime, according to the...

February 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The city of Atlantic Beach has enacted a policy preventing people who use tobacco products from getting a job with the city.

February 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A study released by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) has found surprising differences in those who choose to utilize phased retirement...

February 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seventy percent of respondents to a recent CollegeGrad.com poll said they would prefer working for a medium- to small-sized company.

February 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving the recruiting of illegal aliens that could have wider implications for other...

February 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total benefit cost increases have outpaced total wage hikes in the last four years, presenting many employers a continuing challenge on how to...

February 23, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If a typical 401(k) account was a luxury liner, and the account's owner the captain, the captain would watch idly as the boat...

February 23, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the projected increase in employer-provided health care benefit costs for 2006 is expected to remain about the same, the increases for prescription...

February 23, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Hurst, Texas city employee has been suspended with pay from his public works job on the condition that he not leave his...

February 23, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson, a long-time champion of domestic partner benefits rights, has rejected a City Council proposal offering benefits to...

February 23, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent flood of financial professional job vacancy postings on the CareerBank job site suggests those professionals may be able to enjoy a...

February 23, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retailing giant Wal-Mart plans to expand the availability of its lowest cost employee health care plan and shorten eligibility periods.

February 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health care and outsourcing of jobs ended up in the top 10 list of things Americans were worried about in a new survey...

February 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced that Federal Express Corporation has agreed to a settlement in a case involving several former employees...

February 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have said in a report that, within a decade, $1 out of every $5 spent in...